Japan's Defense Ministry has decided to discontinue the Self-Defense Forces' annual review ceremony, citing increased duties ...

After being pushed into a corner by online critics and her colleagues, an assembly member here who seeks to end ...

A municipal assembly in Saitama Prefecture passed a resolution by majority vote urging an independent councilor to refrain ...

Japan Agricultural Cooperatives (JA) branches are paying much more for early rice than last year, meaning that rice prices ...

As the July 20 House of Councillors election approaches in Japan, political parties are fervently arguing for regulations on ...

Officials say the workers were conducting an emergency inspection of sewage pipes when the accident took place.

People in Kumagaya, north of Tokyo, one of the hottest Japanese cities in summer, gathered to try a traditional method of ...

CHICHIBU, Japan >> On a day in late May, I visited a studio in central Chichibu, Saitama prefecture, where guests can witness ...

A police investigation suggests that the four workers who died after falling into a manhole in Saitama Prefecture, north of ...

Four workers who fell into a manhole on Saturday during a sewage pipe inspection in Saitama Prefecture, north of Tokyo, are ...

A Japanese prefecture located north of Tokyo announced a new ordinance will take effect Oct. 1 requiring escalator passengers to stand in place while being transported up or down.

Komatsu in Ishikawa prefecture registers temperature of 40.3C (104.5F) on Monday, marking one of the hottest days this summer ...